Hi y'all. On this blog, I'm going to be posting tidbits about what's going down on the farm that I'm living on this summer. I'm working on a 6-acre organic farm outside of Hot Springs, NC this summer. I don't have good cell phone reception or regular internet access, so I'm sort of incommunicado, which suits me alright, though it is a big change.
Above is a picture from the drive to the farm from Hot Springs. You have to drive through the Pisgah National Forest to get there, and this is a picture from a scenic overlook there. 700 feet below the place where this picture was taken is Spring Creek, which is stocked with brook trout and is absolutely gorgeous. I went fishing last weekend, and I caught a fish on my first cast! (3 inches)
That's the cabin that I live in. It's very cosy... three rooms, a gas stove, a wood stove for heat, (it has been getting cold here!) running cold water, and a composting toilet out back. (That's code for "shitting in a trashcan with a toilet seat over it") The showers are not too fun, but otherwise it's a good time.The farm is run by a brother and sister. Her son, who is 5, is always running around the farm barefoot. It seems like the best place to grow up ever. He's a huge ham, and he likes to run around naked and chase chickens. Below is a picture of me and him. 
The next picture is of the chicken coops and the schoolbus. If you've seen the movie "Into the Wild" the inside of the bus is just like that. Last Sunday, Frank picked up some hitchhikers who were trying to get back to the Appalachian Trail (which runs through Hot Springs) from Asheville. They ended up staying in the bus for a few days and working. That reminds me! If any of y'all want to come and visit, please do consider it! It's absoulutely beautiful here, and there's free room and board for anyone who wants to work for a few hours each day. You don't have to stay in the bus. The hikers were just crunchy types. Anyway, there are people who want to use this computer, so I should ring off.
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4 comments:
Nicely done . . . the opening picture of the Pisgah Nat'l Forest is now my laptop wallpaper, too. I'll have to tell your brother that he is no longer the first thing that I think of when I power up my laptop in the morning ! Dad
Richard, I hope you are enjoying the NC mountains as much as I did when I lived on Black Mountainoutside of Ashville. It was the most beautiful place that I have lived and will return one day.
I hope you have left instructions for your Mom and her New Jersey tomato patch...when Lydia Akin was working here I liked to rag them about the size of tomatoes from Alabama vs. The New jersy nukes they grew up there!
Take care of yourself, have a good time and congratulations on your placement with the Peace Corp.
Robin Lunceford
You Mom's Friend
We should talk Rich . . . oh yeah, we should. Looks amazing! Welcome to Corp life. Jeez!
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